Thx, just got a similar message from another B&O support employee. So let's wait for the solution to come up. 

My Eclipse still works with 1.28.130012, but BS2 and Essences with 1.28.102057 do not.

Same problem with my A6. Long time that it didn’t work; suddenly it worked for a period of about 2 to 3 months and now it has gone back to not working at all. In point of fact, it doesn’t even show up on any app that I use it for.  i’ve gone ahead and purchased a Chromecast audio dongle and I will reinstall it now.

Irvine wrote:

Same problem with my A6. Long time that it didn’t work; suddenly it worked for a period of about 2 to 3 months and now it has gone back to not working at all. In point of fact, it doesn’t even show up on any app that I use it for. i’ve gone ahead and purchased a Chromecast audio dongle and I will reinstall it now.

I have to say that I've really enough of Google's Chromecast now and I'm going to set up another multiroom solution for the BS2 and my other speakers.

Irvine wrote:

i’ve gone ahead and purchased a Chromecast audio dongle and I will reinstall it now.

FYI:  Lately, my Spotify only works with my CCA if I have it in Chromecast Group.  The app sees the CCA, but when I try to cast to it, it never connects, and sometimes it doesn't allow me to even select it as a target.

Honestly it's quite ridiculous that B&O can't get the Chromecast updates released before Google disables support to the old firmware versions.

I'm wondering for how long B&O is gonna support the low-end devices (M3, M5) with Chromecast updates, once they'll be EOL. 

2 years or more?

We'll see.

matteventu wrote:

Honestly it's quite ridiculous that B&O can't get the Chromecast updates released before Google disables support to the old firmware versions.

One thing is clear: unless you are Apple or Google, you always have a disadvantage. There is a point where your devices become incompatable just because of unpredicted/unannounced changes.

Be confident: the Essence Mk2 is already long time EOL, and still receiving firmware upgrades (last one was november 2020). 

Hi guys, my Beosound 2 is working again via Chromecast. I had rebooted my entire network, router, wifi access point and roon server and then noticed that the BS2 showed up again in the Google Home app and was configurable. At the moment, anyway, it can be played normally via Qobuz and Roon via Chromecast. In the logs under critical events, there is currently no error message regarding Google Cast. There was no software update for BS2, I had disabled automatic update. The BS2  is now playing normally for more than an hour ...?